1998 GEORGIE BOY CRUISE MASTER Recalls (3)
- Campaign:
- 98V310000 on 12/13/1998
- Component:
- Fuel system, other:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Affected:
- 100
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: motor homes built with kitchen slide-outs. a flexible liquid propane (lp) gas line within the slide-out can leak under certain conditions; e.g., when exposed to heat for prolonged periods of time from the stove.
- Consequence:
- Leaking lp gas could result in a fire and explosion.
- Correction:
- Dealers will replace the flexible lp gas line with a copper line within the slide-out.
- Notes:
- Owner notification began january 8, 1999. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact coachmen at 1-219-825-5821. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 98V240004 on 05/26/1999
- Component:
- Electrical system:wiring
- Affected:
- 133
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: recreational vehicles equipped with 45 amp magnetek power converters. a weakened bypass capacitor on the converter's printed circuit board can cause a breakdown of the capacitor allowing electrical current leakage.
- Consequence:
- Electrical current leakage could result in a fire.
- Correction:
- Magnetek is replacing these power converters.
- Notes:
- Magnetek is conducting the owner notification for this recall. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free replacement converters within a reasonable time should contactmagnetek at 1-219-356-7100, ext. 469, or georgie boy at 1-800-521-8733.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
- Campaign:
- 02V277004 on 11/19/2002
- Component:
- Equipment:recreational vehicle
- Manufactured:
- 11/30/1996 - 03/30/1999
- Affected:
- 38
- Defect:
- Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim with serial numbers between 700000 and 1008700 and manufactured between december 1996 and february 1999. these refrigerators can experience low cycle fatigue failure which can lead to the liquid solution slowly leaking from the sealed, pressurized cooling unit through a small crack.
- Consequence:
- If a leak occurs and the unit is continually operated, hydrogen gas may be expelled and can be ignited, resulting in a fire, possibly causing serious injury or death.
- Correction:
- Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement cooling unit free of charge. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact norcold service center at 1-800-667-3005.
- Notes:
- Also, customers cancontact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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